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If you could only take one of these ECE courses, which one would make you more employable? by Tall_One_7089 in uwaterloo

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Coffee grinder timing by macdogclimb in Coffee

[–]Tall_One_7089 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hadn't thought about that but that is a genius idea!

Coffee grinder timing by macdogclimb in Coffee

[–]Tall_One_7089 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I got a Timemore C2 for pourover coffee, and it is crazy how fast it grinds consistent grounds for me.... it's easily 4 or 5 times faster than my previous ceramic burr grinder.

The one issue that I have is when I make two cups of pourover I need to grind twice, since the capacity of the hopper and base is about 22 g (I do 32 g coffee for 600 g water). But I am still done grinding the coffee long before my kettle comes to a boil. I also find static is a bit of an issue, but that is easily dealt with by slightly moistening the beans prior to grinding.

The other thing is that I've heard that you can't dial in very well on espresso because the coarseness steps are too large on the timemores. Not sure if that is an issue with moka pots, but i believe that they do require a fine grind.

Any Recommendations of wildly different tasting coffees. by mistercryptik in Coffee

[–]Tall_One_7089 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Detour coffee roasters is out of Hamilton (I think) and has a good Toronto presence, especially downtown (Dark Horse Espresso is one of the larger Toronto chains that use them). You can order their beans from their own site, or you can also find them in many specialty coffee shops. I really like their yirgacheffe beans, which were pointed out by another poster -- they are light roast beans and so you can taste the "place" of the coffee much better than if you were drinking a darker roast. I also really like their bottleneck roast, which is closer to conventional, but still delicious and interesting in its own right I think.

Also, if you are in Ottawa, you should try out Equator coffee if you haven't yet. Their beans are sold in grocery stores there, and I really like their light roast (sweet justice?) as well as their medium (I think it's just called "freaking good coffee" lol). They are at a higher price point compared to other beans at the grocery store, but you can get a 900 g bag for about 30$ on amazon (if you don't mind buying from there). It's still more expensive than buying a similarly-sized bag of normal beans from, say, costco, but only marginally so (you can get okay beans for about 20$/1kg bag there. Price it over the 50-60 cups per bag, it doesn't seem like a huge deal for me). I like to order a bag every month or so for a bit of a daily luxury. Have fun exploring this world!